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Condoleeza Rice is the only person in the world still using the phrase "Noone could have predicted". For this, & other good reasons, we should all raise our middle fingers in salute every time she manifests.
If I make 10,000 predictions some of them will come true. Then I can make a living as a seer by only telling people about those that worked out. And if we we make a million guesses, more will work out.
But sure, there will still be unpredicted events. Just not unimaginable, simply because nobody predicted that say, ARod would be called to Scientology like Michael Jordan was called to baseball. Or that gorillas could be taught to throw sliders, or horse-human hybrids to play outfield. After all, Frances the talking mule was out there 50 years ago.
So I'll make a short term & serious prediction: The fun drain on baseball will start to affect attendance within 2 years. Fancy stadiums, nostalgia & pseudoparticipation through stats and chat can't support a boring, ethically compromised game forever. Another prediction: David Ortiz will wreck his knee, retire, and replace David Letterman.
